Heald frame with stabilizer rod

Abstract

A heald frame comprises frame staves which provide upper and lower frame members and side stays which provide left and right frame members. A stabilizer rod is placed in parallel relationship with the frame staves and fixed to them by plural holders. The holders have plates on the top and bottom sides, and the frame staves and the stabilizer rod are interposed between the plates. The holders have a mount, which is positioned between the frame staves and the stabilizer rods. The mount can be fixed freely at any position on the frame stave. The stabilizer rod is pressed against the mount for fixing.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A deformation control device for a heald frame for looms, said control device comprising: a heald frame having a rectangular framework for upper and lower frame staves and left and right side stays,   a stabilizer rod fixed in a parallel relationship to at least one of said frame staves on an outside side thereof on a perimeter of said heald frame,   a plurality of holder means slidably engaged between said stabilizer rod and said at least one of said frame staves in at least two points on said at least one of said frame staves for fastening said stabilizer rod to said sat least one of said frame staves in spaced relationship from said heald frame,   the longitudinal axis of each of said holder means being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said at least one of said frame staves   wherein each holder means of said plurality of holder means has a first fixing means for slidably engaging and locking to said at least one of said frame staves and a second fixing means for slidably engaging and locking to said stabilizer,   whereby said each holder means is slidable on said stabilizer rod and said outside surface of at least one of said frame staves.   
     
     
       2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of said holder means are engaged between said stabilizer rod and said at least one of said frame staves to fix said stabilizer rod in a curved state. 
     
     
       3. The device according to claim 1, where said each said holder means have plates on a first side and a second side, said at least one of said staves and said stabilizer rod being interposed between said plates, and a surface of said plates being made of a material having a low coefficient of friction. 
     
     
       4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said each holder means has a mount interposed between said at least one of said frame staves and said stabilizer rod, said mount being bolted to a nut placed within a groove in said at least one of said frame staves, and said each said holder means further having a presser means for creating a pressure bond between said stabilizer rod and said mount. 
     
     
       5. The device according to claim 4, wherein more than two holder means are used to engage a stabilizer rod, and a height of a mount of a holder means of said more than two holder means located between remaining holder means of said more than two holder means is shorter than mounts of said remaining holder means so that said stabilizer rod is curved when said stabilizer rod is pressure bonded to each said mount of said more than two holder means by said presser means of said more than two holder means.